Command: dirs
DIRS displays the contents of the directory stack.
Syntax:
DIRS [/?]
Options:
/? Shows the help.
Comments:
DIRS displays the content of the directory stack which is filled up
by PUSHD and emptied by POPD.
DIRS is stored in the context segment (directory stack) of
command.com, for more information see: COMMAND /E:nnn and MEMORY.
DIRS is a command internal to command.com and needs no other file
in order to work.
Examples:
this command changes the current directory to / shows:
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cd c:\FREEDOS\BIN c:\FREEDOS\BIN
pushd c:\GAMES c:\GAMES (and stores c:\FREEDOS\BIN)
pushd c:\UTILS c:\UTILS (and stores c:\GAMES)
pushd c:\packages c:\packages (and stores c:\UTILS)
dirs shows the directories stored by pushd:
0001=c:\FREEDOS\BIN
0002=c:\GAMES
0003=c:\UTILS
popd c:\UTILS (and removes c:\UTILS (0003)
from directory stack)
popd c:\GAMES (and removes c:\GAMES (0002)
from directory stack)
popd c:\FREEDOS\BIN (and removes c:\FREEDOS\BIN
(0001) from directory stack)
popd shows the message: "Directory stack empty"
See also:
cd/chdir
cdd
command.com/freecom
memory
pushd
popd
Copyright © 2004 Robert Platt, updated 2011 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
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